Method of producing woven-reed articles.



M. B. LLOYD. METHOD OF FRODUCING WOVEN REED ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17| 1917.

Patented Mar. 25, N19.

" onirica METHOD OF PRODUCING WOVEN-REED ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, i919..

Application filed July17, 1917. Serial No. 181,054.

To all 'wlmi/L it m (1 1/ concern l Be it known that l, l\[AnsI1.\LL B. LLOYD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Menominee, State of l\'lichi, ran, have invented a certain new, useful, and Improved lWethod of Producing loven-Reed Articles, o f which'the following is ayspeeiti fation.

Until recent date in the production of such woven reed articles asl'ave a supporting frame, it has been the universal practice to weave the vreed fabric direct-ly upon Jand thereby secure it to the article frame. Applisantproceeds upon an entirely different principle and weaves the fabric independent of the frame in a manner convenient for the w lliving operation and then secures the woven fabric to the article frame. This method is not broadly claimed in this application since it is the subject matter of other applications of which applicants application, Serial No. 109,714 is an example and bry reference to which a thorough understandings,r of the method of operating and the advantages to be gained will be bettci understood. Suffice it here to state that by this method, freedom of action is secured which greatly simplifies, eheapens and often improves reed articles.

lThe general object of the present invention is further to simplify, che-apen and facilitate the manufacture of certain reed articles under the method before referred to. 4 Further. objects of the invention are to eliminate waste g' to :provide a metliod whereby articles can be rapidly produced even by unskilled workers; and generally to reduce the, hitherto hi hly individualistic weaving of each reed fa ric upon each article frame to a factory methodpof Weaving the fabric apart from the frames and assembling the frames and fabrics in the most convenient,

acceptable or desirablemanner.

.Myinvention consists generally in the steps, acts and sequence thereof whereby the above named objects, together with others Which Will appear hereinafter, are attainable and my invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate steps in the pres- 'af the reed fabric Fig. 5. illustrates a further step in the4 manufacture of the reed articles under consideration.

Fig. G is a perspective view of standards .or frame members for mounting the drawers illustrated, in a manner to produce a commode, and

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the finished commode, one of -the drawers being separated from its fellows.

I have chosen for the purpose of illustrating the present invention, the manufacture of a-colnmode comprising,` a plurality` of drawers mounted for convenient association and sepa-ration because, it is representative of a class of articles which can be advantageously produced under the present inventien.A It should therefore, be considered by way of illustration'and not by way of limitation.

YVhile the completed article oft-he instant case may be said to be a single article of furniture, still in another sense it really comprises a plurality of similar articles associated together for use and it is with reference to the production of a plurality of similar articles that l am particularly concerned.'

Thus in Fig. l, l have illustrated a plurality eof d 'awer frames A, each of which comprises a betteln member :2, upon which are mounted uprights or standards 3, at the spective corners of the bottom member -which in turn are connected by cross members e and 5, thus constituting a drawer structme having n plurality oll panel.; or spaces t3, which it is desired to cover with woven reed fabric. To this end i produce7 in any desired or coni'ei'iient mannert a tubular reed 4fabric such as is illustrated, in Figs. 2 and 3 and which ot such with respect to its perimeter that it can be placed around the dromer frames and which is of such size with respect to its height that it is substantially 'coeextensive with the plurality of drawer 'trames A. to be covered. The woven reed inbric ot Figs. 2 and 3 can be conveniently produced around a suitable teniplet or forro in the .manner shown and escribed in epplicants above; mentioned application. ll havelound that, the woven reed fabric can. be' most conveniently produced .in circular term as shown in Fig. 3, but inasmuch as the article frfnnes to be covered in this instence ot' substantially rectangular shape l. apply pressure to the fabric causing; it 'to assume a subtuntially rectangular sli-'ipc as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. With the fabric in this condition l place it over 'the stach oil article .iirnines A thus completely coveringl or hiding the sid thereof as is well shown in Fig. il. l. might here 'add that the pro'iecting stake ends or" the fabric illustrated in Fig. 2 can be leid down either before or aft-er the fabric is placed around the frames. The drawers are now in a measure secured together against relative movements, whereas in usethey'should be independent and l'. therefore perform other nets whereby the 'fabric is secured to the respective traine members and then severed in such manner as to permit the independent use oi the drawers. To this end the fabric is secured to the drawer frames by suitable devices such as tacks,

i brads or the like and then the fabric is severed completely around its perimeter. and on i a line between contiguous superposed drawer frames. ln order to enhance the appearance of the articles when finished I prefer to provide a reed braid around the upper and lower edges of the drawer sides. When the braid is used I find it convenient to attach the braid before the .fabric is severed and then to sever the fabric between adjacent braids. This ,method illustrated in Fig'. 5, wherein l0 represents stri ps olf braid secured over 'the reed labric covering ll, as by means of tacks, brede or other suitable fastening devices passing; through the ree/l fabric and into the drawer frame structure. After the braid is placed in position and secured l Sever the. reed tabriefll, completely around its perimeo. r on the lines l2, thus making` a plurality ot". indepciulent reed covered drawers oi neat appearance and of substantial construction. Such stack oldrawers may be used to produce a commode in which riesiges i event I provide a plurality of standards 15 und 16, as illustrated in perspective ii1l `ig. (5, and in such spaced position as lo acceuiniodate the drawer sections therebetween ns indicated by the dotted lines therein. llpon'the'staiulards 15, I provide sets ot' Substantially vright angularly disposed brackets 17 and 18, so positioned upon the standards that the upper brackets 1T, willengage the upper drawer and the lower bracle ets 18, will engage the lower drawer. Upon the standards lll, I mount similar brackets Alf3, so disposed :is to engage the opposite corners of the intermediate drawer section. The brackets l?, 1S, and 1), 11'1ay be secured to the vices passing through the holes 21, provided for that purpose in the. bracket-s. The var1- ons drawers ure then mounted upon a vcrtical pivot Q2, whereby the intermediate drawer muy be swung tree of the top und bottom drawers is well shown in Fig. 7, and in a manner customary in commode constructions of `his type. The standards 1G end 17 are provided with the customary casters L3, to facilitate easy shifting and seplamt-ion ot' the standards. n

t will thus be noted that l produce a plurality of reed articles by first producing a reed fabric of a size sulilcient to cover a pluadjacent drawers. By either or both of the above methods ,interference of the drawer fabric is prevented. L

inasmuch as this disclosure willirendily suggest to others modified methods, whereby the substantial advantages of the present inf vention may be attained, l do not wish to drawers by means of screws or fastening debe limited to the precise steps or stated sey quence thereof herein shown and described except only as may be neleessary by expressed limitations in the hereunto appended claims,

l. The herein described method of producingwoven reed articles which consists in providing n plurality of article frames, providing avtubular Woven reed fabric of a size su'tlieient to cover a plurality of the article frames, applying the fabric to the frames in an inelosing relation of either to the other effected by the tubular contour of the fabric and severing the 'fabric into a plurality ofy strips,

2. The herein described method of producing Woven reed articles which consists in providing a plurality of article frames, as-

sociating the article frames in superposed alined relation, providing L tubular reed fabric of a size suiicient to cover a. plurality of the article frames, applying the fabric to the article frames in an inclosing relation of either to the other alected by the tubular contour of the fabric and then severing the le fabric between adjacent article frames,

In testimony thereof, have hereunto set my hand, this 22nd day of June, 1917, in. the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MARSHALL E. LLYD.,

Witnesses:

EARLE LINDSTRUM, CECIL J. BELONGY. 

